Q. What is IBM Lotus Domino Express?
A. IBM Lotus Domino Express is a set of IBM messaging and collaboration offerings for companies with up to 1000 employees to acquire, deploy and use the capabilities of Lotus Domino that are most applicable to the needs of small and mid-sized businesses. Lotus Domino Express offerings are packaged and priced to provide cost-effective functionality with simplified licensing and reduced administration requirements. License restrictions remove selected Lotus Notes and Domino elements and attributes that are designed for larger enterprises. Otherwise, the capabilities of Lotus Domino Server and the server component of the Lotus Domino Express offerings are the same. Another license restriction excludes entitlement to the Lotus Notes access for SAP solutions feature of Lotus Notes from the Lotus Domino Express offerings.
Q. What constitutes a “company”? Does a subsidiary or a department of a large corporation have the option to acquire Lotus Domino Express offerings?
A. For software acquisition purposes, a company is a Passport Advantage purchasing unit. If you choose to set up a purchasing unit in Passport Advantage for a subsidiary or department with 1000 employees or fewer, the unit may license Lotus Domino Express offerings. However, the software licenses acquired by this “company” would not be accrued toward the large organization’s volume commitment that determines its overall Passport Advantage pricing level.
Q. What does an IBM Lotus Domino Messaging Express license include?
A. Lotus Domino Messaging Express is an offering that includes combined server and client licenses, priced on per user basis, and available only for companies who have 1000 employees or fewer. Capabilities include messaging, calendar and scheduling, PIM functions (contacts and personal journal), discussion databases, and reference databases with basic workflow for document review.
Lotus Domino Messaging Express includes a restricted license of Lotus Domino Messaging Server that removes selected capabilities designed for larger enterprises. You are entitled to use it on as many machines within your company as you would like, but access is limited to users for which you have paid the per user charge.
For each of those users, Lotus Domino Messaging Express includes a license for the user’s choice of Lotus Notes, Lotus Domino Web Access, Lotus Domino Access for Microsoft Outlook or Lotus Domino WebMail. Entitlement to the Lotus Notes access for SAP solutions feature is not included.
Q. What are the differences between Lotus Domino Messaging Server and Lotus Domino Messaging Express?
A. Lotus Domino Messaging Server is a single license for server software only. You acquire licenses for the total number of processor value units associated with the server machine(s) on which you deploy the software, and you acquire individual client licenses separately. Lotus Domino Messaging Server is available to organizations of any size. Any user who has a client access license (CAL) is allowed to access the server.
Lotus Domino Messaging Express includes combined server and client licenses, priced on a per user basis. You may deploy the server software on as many machines as you would like, but access is limited to the users for which you have paid the per user charge. No additional access is allowed, even if the user has a separately acquired client access license. The offering is available only for companies who have 1000 employees or fewer, and removes selected capabilities of Lotus Domino Messaging Server that are designed for larger enterprises. The license restrictions are:
- No license to use Lotus Domino partitioning
- No use on IBM System z platform (Linux or z/OS)
- No option to use IBM DB2 Universal Database as an alternative data store
- No license to use the following advanced administration functions: extended access control lists, cascading directories, directory catalogs, directory assistance, central directory (userless name and address book)
Q. What does an IBM Lotus Domino Collaboration Express license include?
A. Lotus Domino Collaboration Express is an offering that includes combined server and client licenses, priced on per user basis, and available only for companies who have 1000 employees or fewer. Capabilities include messaging, calendar and scheduling, PIM functions, discussion databases and reference databases, as well as teamrooms and access to collaborative applications. The applications may be developed in-house using IBM Lotus Domino Designer (a separate product) or by an IBM Business Partner.
Lotus Domino Collaboration Express includes a restricted license of Lotus Domino Enterprise Server that removes selected capabilities designed for larger enterprises. You are entitled to use it on as many machines within your company as you would like, but access is limited to those users for whom you have paid the per user charge.
For each of those users, Lotus Domino Collaboration Express includes a license for the user’s choice of Lotus Notes, Lotus Domino Web Access, Lotus Domino Access for Microsoft Outlook or Lotus Domino WebMail. Entitlement to the Lotus Notes access for SAP solutions feature is not included.
Q. What are the differences between Lotus Domino Enterprise Server and Lotus Domino Collaboration Express?
A. Lotus Domino Enterprise Server is a single license for server software only. You acquire licenses for the total number of processor value units associated with the server machine(s) on which you deploy the software, and you acquire individual client licenses separately. Lotus Domino Enterprise Server is available to organizations of any size. Any user who has a client access license is allowed to access the server. In addition, anonymous access to non-mail applications (no sign-on or authentication involved) from a Web browser is allowed, even without a client access license.
Lotus Domino Collaboration Express includes combined server and client licenses, priced on a per user basis. You may deploy the server software on as many machines as you would like, but access is limited to the users for whom you have paid the per user charge. No additional access is allowed, even if the user has a separately acquired client access license or only wants to use applications anonymously from a Web browser. The offering is available only for companies who have 1000 employees or fewer, and removes selected capabilities of Lotus Domino Enterprise Server that are designed for larger enterprises. The license restrictions are:
- No license to use Lotus Domino partitioning or clustering
- No use on IBM System z platform (Linux or z/OS)
- No option to use IBM DB2 Universal Database as an alternative data store
- No license to use the following advanced administration functions: extended access control lists, cascading directories, directory catalogs, directory assistance, central directory (userless name and address book)
- No accompanying IBM WebSphere Application Server license
Q. What does an IBM Lotus Domino Utility Server Express license include?
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A. Lotus Domino Utility Server Express is an application server license option that includes unlimited access to non-mail applications (authenticated or anonymous) from a Web browser or a separately priced Lotus Notes for Collaboration client. In addition, Lotus Domino Utility Server Express includes Lotus Domino partitioning, clustering and advanced administration features. |
Q. How does Lotus Domino Utility Server Express differ from Lotus Domino Utility Server?
A. Lotus Domino Utility Server Express is available only for companies who have 1000 employees or fewer, and is limited to a maximum of 400 processor value units per company. Lotus Domino Utility Server Express removes selected capabilities of Lotus Domino Utility Server that are designed for larger enterprises. The license restrictions are:
- No use on IBM System z platform (Linux or z/OS)
- No option to use IBM DB2 Universal Database as an alternative data store
- No accompanying IBM WebSphere Application Server license
- No accompanying entitlement to Lotus Domino Document Manager or Lotus Workflow
Q. How do the Lotus Domino Express options compare with each other?
A. The table below depicts the Lotus Domino Express options at a glance. Lotus Domino Express offerings are available only for companies with 1000 employees or fewer. License restrictions remove selected Lotus Domino elements and attributes that are designed for larger enterprises.
Prices shown are Passport Advantage Suggested Retail Pricing (SRP), in US dollars as of 1 January 2007. Suggested Retail Prices are subject to change. Actual prices are set by the reseller and may vary.
Note: As of 25 July 2006, Lotus Domino Utility Server Express licensing is based on the number of processor value units associated with the machine(s) on which the software is deployed. In most cases, the new price per license was established in a way that the total suggested retail price (in US dollars) of licenses required for your machine did not change on that date. For example, running Lotus Domino Utility Server Express on a single core chip previously required one license at $2500 USD per processor. In the new model, a single core chip represents 100 processor value units, priced at $25.00 USD per processor value unit on 25 July 2006. The total price remained the same.
For full details about processor value unit licensing, see the 25 July 2006 announcement.
 | Pricing
- new license + 12 mo. sw maint | Licenses included | Mail | Custom
apps -
authent.
access | Custom
apps -
anonymous access | Lotus Domino
Partitioning, Clustering and
advanced
admin functions |
| Lotus Domino Messaging Express | $99 per user (up to 1000 users) | Server, client | Yes* | No | No | No |
Lotus Domino
Collab. Express | $137 per user (up to 1000 users) | Server, client | Yes* | Yes* | Yes* | No |
Lotus Domino
Utility Server Express | $25.75 per processor value unit
(up to 400 processor value units) | Server only | No | Yes w/ browser
(no CAL needed)
or Lotus Notes
(with CAL) | Yes w/ browser (no CAL needed)
or Lotus Notes (with CAL) | Yes |
* limited to the users for whom you have paid the per user charge
Q. Do Lotus Domino Messaging Express and Lotus Domino Collaboration Express include the Lotus Sametime, Instant Messaging Limited Use entitlement that is part of a Lotus Notes or Lotus Domino Web Access license?
A. Yes. Lotus Domino Messaging Express and Lotus Domino Collaboration Express include a license for any supported client access method, including Lotus Notes, Lotus Domino Web Access, Lotus Domino Access for Microsoft Outlook or Lotus Domino WebMail. Integrated instant messaging is enabled for Lotus Notes and Lotus Domino Web Access. Lotus Domino Access for Microsoft Outlook supports it with a separately priced third party vendor plug-in only, but has a valid entitlement to use the integration. There is no instant messaging entitlement in Lotus Domino Utility Server Express.
Q. Do Lotus Domino Messaging Express and Collaboration Express include the Lotus Notes access for SAP solutions feature that is part of a Lotus Notes client license?
A. No. A license restriction excludes entitlement to the Lotus Notes access for SAP solutions feature from Lotus Domino Express offerings.
Q. May I have a mix of users – some with per user Lotus Domino Express licenses and some with CALs acquired separately?
A. With Lotus Domino Messaging Express or Lotus Domino Collaboration Express, access to Lotus Domino capabilities is limited to the people for whom you have paid the per user charge. No access from outside the designated user community is allowed, even for anonymous application access, and even if the user has a separately acquired client access license.
Q. I have deployed Lotus Domino Messaging Express. How may I add entitlement to run and use applications?
A. You may upgrade your Lotus Domino Messaging Express licenses to Lotus Domino Collaboration Express. IBM offers in-family tradeup part numbers to make this easy and cost-effective. Tradeup pricing is generally lower than the difference between current prices of the existing and new licenses.
Alternatively or additionally, you may consider adding Lotus Domino Utility Server Express licenses if you want to extend the reach of non-mail applications to people outside the community of users for whom you have paid the per user charge. The extended community may include people inside the company, external or both. If your existing users want to be able to access applications using their Lotus Notes client software instead of a Web browser, they would need to upgrade to Lotus Domino Collaboration Express.
Q. If I choose to add Lotus Domino Utility Server Express, would I need to install another copy of Lotus Domino code on another machine?
A. No, provided that your existing machine has adequate capacity to support the desired number of users in the new environment that adds non-mail applications. You can acquire more than one license type for the same hardware and the same copy of the code. The functions you are allowed to use and the entitlements that you have are determined by the type of license or combination of licenses that you acquire.
Q. Is my company entitled to use Lotus Domino Utility Server Express to provide application hosting services for other companies?
A. Not in a pure hosting environment – that requires standard Lotus Domino Utility Server with an appropriate xSP hosting addendum. End user companies can choose to have their servers hosted, but must retain ownership of the relevant licenses. One company acquiring Lotus Domino licenses and then sub-licensing is not allowed. The individual companies must each have their own licenses.
Q. I have deployed Lotus Domino Collaboration Express. How can I add entitlement for clustering capability?
A. You may acquire Lotus Domino Enterprise Server licenses for the total number of processor value units associated with the machine(s) that will be using clustering capability.
Q. I have deployed Lotus Domino Utility Server Express. How can I add entitlement for e-mail and calendar functionality?
A. You can acquire incremental Lotus Domino Messaging Express or Lotus Domino Collaboration Express licenses for the specific users who need e-mail and calendar.
Q. Does IBM offer tradeup pricing to move from Lotus Domino Express offerings to the comparable enterprise offerings?
A. IBM offers tradeup options to move from Lotus Domino Express licensing to CEO Communications bundle, but not to the Lotus Notes/Domino family client-server or processor value unit licensing model. If you are using Lotus Domino Messaging Express or Lotus Domino Collaboration Express and your organization grows, you have the option to trade up your per user licenses to the Passport Advantage CEO Communications bundle. If you are using Lotus Domino Utility Server Express and your user base expands to require more than 400 processor value units of capacity to support it, you would need to acquire new Lotus Domino Utility Server licenses.
NOTE: The terms governing the use of Lotus Notes and Lotus Domino software are set forth in the applicable software license. See here for more information. |
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